Non-skid



C. E. SIEGFRIED.

NON-SKID CUSHION SUCTION HEEL.

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1 ,395284: 1x Pauenmfl May 13. 1919.

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CLARENCE E. SIEGFRIED, 0F AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR 01F ONE-HALF TO W'GR'I'HIHGTON HOYT, 0F CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, UHIQ.

HUN-SKID CUSHION S lJ'CTIGN-HEEL.

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Application filed Jenuaryfil. 1919 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CLARENCE E. Suesrnmn, a citizen of the United States, residing at ihkl'On, in the county of Sunnnit and State oi ()hio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Non-Skid Cushion Suction- Heels, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to improvements in rubber or cushion lifts for application to heels of boots or shoes and the object of the invention is to provide a lift possessing; superior means for attachn'ient to the heel of a hoot or shoe and also equipped on the road or pavement-engaging surface with means for preventing slipping and. insure safety to the user of the same. "it is also an object to provide a lift having good Wearing qualities and which When attached to a heel will he held securely in position and prevent the entrance of Water or foreign matter between the lift and the heel.

With the foregoing and other objects in View,v the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts constituting the invention to be hereinafter specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, eriations and modifications can be resorted to which ,come Within the scope of the matter herein" after claimed.

In the drawings in which similar reference numerals indicate like parts .in the dif ferent figures,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the under or road engaging face of a lift embodying the present invention.

Fig. .2 is a sectional. view l'fl-llfilll approximately on line 2 of Fin; 1 showing; the lift in "its inoperative or detached osition. Ii

igjg. 3 is a sectional View taken on line oif 1 oil a heel with the lift in. and'h iii operative pegtion thereon.

The lift which consitutes the p set i venti'on comprises a body '2; e" i terial preferably Vlllflzlill"":u. r the heel engaging sort 2 con an arcuate or cupehuped wall. lateral Walls 3 of the lift are eonionm to the normal outlines in connection with which the l While the same may he trinnned Specification of Letters l atent.

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date it to the purpose for which it is in tended. The road or pavement engaging face which is the io'wer'one. when the heel 18 111 operation and the upper one in the nrawings in general contour to the outer lateral walls 3 of the heel out considerably smaller and spaced therefrom... Surround inc; the area or zone t are a series of zones 5., "3, 2" mid 8 arranged in successive iieirnation with each of them successively lower than,

the central member or zone when lax ter is in the position shown in Fig". 2. the arrangement for this face of the lift is substantially that of a terrace formation and the different portions 8 inclusive are connected by abrupt shouldeis Emending through the body member 1 and preferably located in spaced relation in the terrace or step 6 are a series of nail holes 10' preferably formed 111 lift 1 during vulcanination by the use'of suitable pins for this purpose while the lift is in the mold and surrounding each 02% the openings 10, and

positioned in, and Wholly embedded ill the.

material of the body 1 are Washers 11 which are spaced from both the upper and lower faces of the lift. The lift is secured in posi tion by applying the hit With its concave face 2 against the under face of the heel of a hoot or shoe and then. suitable nailsl2 are n driven through the openings 30 until the heads of the nails engage the Washers 11 and as the nails are driven to pl: the entire body 1 of the lift is fore-e6 out the heel .13 so that the abutting;

\H. v.13 lift and heel are substantially'in the same plane and in constant contacting engagement. The forcing of the centrai portionslift for heats or shoes comprising;- a hodyof resilient materiel conforming &

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